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ACC officiating at its finest here.
Micah Shrewsberry's reaction was uncalled for and probably will earn him a short suspension, but if the referee crew that made this call and decided this game isn't also reprimanded, the system is broken. What a joke. pic.twitter.com/EiPbN1me5e— Kevin Sweeney (@CBB_Central) January 3, 2026
First waved off the basket for foul on the floor (there were two obvious fouls) but then reverse it to be a foul on the shot (which it doesn't appear to be) so Cal beats Notre Dame 72-71 on the four point play and Notre Dame coach Shrewsberry facing a probable suspension and fine for confronting the officials after the game. The fact the Cal coach wasnt T-ed up for being five feet on the floor is also ridiculous.
Also the continuation rule can't apply here as its specifically for fouls driving to the basket.
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# | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (12-2) at Wake Forest (9-5) Noon ACCN Don't feel great about this one. Early tip, relatively quick turnaround after an emotional 3OT slog of a win, on the road, missing 3 key guys and a 4th not at 100%. Just seems to have all the key ingredients of a loss.
regardless, LET'S GO
edit: hate that I called it. Flush it gents. On to the next one
If they had lost to GT, they still would have been in the SEC title game, and then they would have gotten the home game in the first round.
There were times in the mid 80s when my friends and I would take NYE style noisemakers, remove the part that unrolled, and use them like duck calls at the games. Pick one of the opponent's non-point guards and blow them continuously every time that player touched the ball. Rattled a good many of them! (Particularly effective the games we got front row mid court seats which happened frequently as we went to stand in line outside Cassell for tickets at 4am on pickup days(usually a week-ish before gameday was pickup day which was nice cause you knew prior to gameday if you had to watch on TV or would be there in person). For Memphis State and Louisville, we were outside for 24-36 hours ahead of time. Ah the days of youth! There was no cost and no lottery system-just a long line on pickup days and the students got 4500 of the 10000 seats-pretty much the entire east side(side towards tennis courts)
Looks like Lawal, Johnson, and Dorn are all out today per Jeff Goodman.
Virginia Tech's Neoklis Avdalas (undisclosed) will be available for today's game against Wake Forest, per Mike Young.Averages 14.8 PPG and 4.9 APG.Hokies are 1-0 in ACC play.— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 3, 2026
Hokies adding Warren Ruggiero from Iowa as an offensive analyst. Previously the OC at Wake Forest, he is the inventor of the slow mesh.
Same
But also being from Tobacco Road, when I hear someone refer to a basketball arena as a barn it's usually done out of respect for being an old, historic loud as hell gym that reminds you of the roots of the sport instead of the corporate hellscape it's become.
Not gonna lie,
I kinda like 'the barn':
A lot of honest hard work happens in barns. It fits that some pretentious uva folks would consider it an insult.
Everyone assuming he is going to Bama and will actually play at Bama. I could see him riding the bench there. He never stood out in a good way like Delane or Chaplin. I am not concerned with him leaving.
They took away conference championship byes so you think 11-2 UGA gets a bye when 11-1 Oregon is right there? Also 11-1 A&M.
Oh, the 'hoo tears and whining is worth a quick look sometimes, and I love the salty taste. I seldom open the posts, they don't say much beyond the first sentence anyway. Love the way they call Cassell "the Barn" thinking we give a shit what they call anything VT.
I can see that Woodson might have a problem with how Pry treated him over his legal issues and stripped him of his captain status, but if the guy doesn't want to be here, send him on his way with a civil farewell.
I was referring to the ability to play three times in a single season. That's only possible because of the divisionless conference championship games.
It would have been better for UGA to rest their players vs GT and take that loss. They would have had a home game instead of the SEC championship game.
If they had lost to GT, they still would have been in the SEC title game, and then they would have gotten the home game in the first round.
Just gonna cut and paste from ARTICLE :
"QB: low 750,000, high >3.5 million
RB: low 250,000, high >1 million
WR: low 300,000, high >million
TE: 200,000, high >600,000
OT: low 300,000, high >1 million
IOL: low 200,000, high 600,000
Edge: low 300,000, high >1 million
DT: low 250,000, high >800,000
LB: low 150,000, high >700,000
CB: low 150,000, high > 800,000
Safety: low 200,000, high > 700,000
Specialists: 50,000-200,000"
This is the internet, sir. GTFOH with your reasonable take! 😉
Naw, I was being hyperbolic there. Let's just say that he definitely knew I was there and he and I locked eyes more than once when I was close enough in the stands. I was never aggressive, but I was loud and made it personal calling his name when he missed an easy call or blew a tough one. I was, needless to say, a real jerk sometimes during the game, but if we'd have actually found ourselves face to face, I would have been a perfect gentleman, regardless of how I felt about his game. Now, I wouldn't have bought him a beer or anything, but Bill Brill did call me up and invited me to have a brew or two and lunch on him after I wrote a pithy letter to the Roanoke Times so maybe I could have bought Lenny a beer after all.
Hmmmmmmm
The NHL has announced that the 2027 Winter Classic will be held at Bristol Motor Speedway.The Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes will take the ice on January 2nd. pic.twitter.com/epAVWvPHzt— Racing Territory (@RacingTerritory) January 3, 2026
That's who I was thinking of, thanks!
Thanks, thats helpful. I always wondered if coaches sit with each kid at the end of season and discusses next year and then they know if they need to portal or not. well, for starters at least. But then I just read that "NIL agency" is completely unregulated and players are holding coaches ransom before bowl games even. crazy.
Adonis went to the supplemental draft due to grades issues
Agreed that conference structure is largely to blame, but it shows how badly seeded the playoffs are. Oregon and UGA got one game and that game was a rematch.
Im not sure what a SOS of 30 has to do with it, that's decent. UGA was 15th this year and UVA was 79th so UGA was a good team. It is just hard to beat a team twice in a season and we've seen rematches to teams that were very good (I think Oregon was very good last year especially dove their one loss was too the champions, who they beat earlier)
Losing to Michigan helped anOSU last year by having then skip the conference championship game, that could have easily been true with or without divisions.
It would have been better for UGA to rest their players vs GT and take that loss. They would have had a home game instead of the SEC championship game.
OSU vs Oregon did not matter last year. UGA vs Ole Miss did not matter this year. None of those had anything to do with divisions or lack of divisions.
Academic eligibility is when you're close to failing out. I can't remember who it was, but I want to say we had someone who wasn't going to be able to come back for his last year because he was going to be academically suspended, so he opted for the draft instead. Some players may qualify at certain universities and not others based on their grades.
The NCAA has their own rules (2.3 gpa for D1, 2.2 for D2, and anything goes at D3, which may be why some players transfer to lower tier schools), but my understanding is that universities will have their own rules about what grades they require students to maintain. So maybe GPA is included, or at least something saying they meet the NcAA academic requirements?
HOKIES!